Item Biography
"Hawkeye, the Marksman!" (X-742) featuring Iron Man by Lee and Heck; 18 pages.
At a boardwalk sideshow, Clint Barton, master archer, watches Iron Man rescue people from a run-away ride. He resolves to become a hero and creates the costume and weaponry of Hawkeye. In his first outing, however, he stops a robbery, but police mistake him as the perpetrator. He eludes the police, and is helped by the Black Widow. She works her womanly wiles on him, and soon, Hawkeye is attacking Stark Industries at her direction.
First appearance of Hawkeye (Clinton Francis Barton).
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #17 and Giant-Size Iron Man #1.
"The Runner, Part 1"
1 page, text only (G-555). Continued next issue.
"Tales of the Watcher: The Watcher's Power!" (X-732) by Lee and Lieber/Bell; 5 pages.
Space pirates arrive at a planet they intend to plunder, and think that the Watcher they observe will cause them no worries, because of the Watcher's oath on non-interference. They flee when the Watcher put on a frightening display of power, and never discover that the planet they intended to rob is the Watcher's home.
Reprinted in Marvel's Greatest Comics #23.